Waters was a big spark late in Sunday’s win, scoring eight points in the final 2:17.

Afterward, the Waters family held a giveaway, giving special gifts to 16 people from the team and university that helped Waters throughout his career. Waters, who is Cherokee and Kiowa, chose to hold the event after the annual Nike N7 game.

He gave gifts to OSU president Burns Hargis, OSU athletic director Mike Holder, other OSU coaches and OSU staff members among others. But the gift to Boynton really resonated.

“I don’t know how to even quantify that,” Boynton said. “It's really kind of what you get into coaching for is to have such an impact on his life that he wants to do something like that for you. And shy of getting emotional, it means a big deal to me and probably one of the highlights of my coaching career.”

Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton talks with Lindy Waters III (21) during an NCAA basketball game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and Texas Tech at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

Jacob Unruh

Jacob Unruh is a graduate of Northeastern State University. He was born in Cherokee and raised near Vera where he attended Caney Valley High School.During his tenure at NSU, Unruh wrote for The Northeastern (NSU's student newspaper), the...
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